The world's tallest female comic, Kim Blacklock, who claims she is "the product of centuries of people having sex that weren't supposed to" is also a tarot card reader. Read more ...

Paul Quinn, professional intuitive, has a few things to say about Tarot in the movies that you might find interesting.

"They warned James Bond of foul play in 'Live and Let Die,' haunted the dreams of a priest in 'Exorcist III,' and foretold toothy canine encounters in 'The Wolf Man.' This summer they turn up as calling cards for a serial killer in Woody Allen’s 'Scoop,' and spell catastrophe for William H. Macy in 'Edmond.' Yes, the tarot, that bedeviling deck of cards continues its legacy ..."

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Tarot in Tasmania: Delaila, who teaches a Adult Education courses in tarot reading and practical magic, says "Magic is the art of using the natural forces found within and around us to bring about change and that's what I teach." Oh yeah ... I could use some of that. Read more ...

Card, Charms and Potions ... Oh My: Wanda Weegie lived with wolves, was raised by gypsies and can now be found at Crush, a trendy Portland Oregon wine bar, every Wednesday night, in a jeweled turban and fringed shawl, where she reads tarot cards, creates charms and concocts love potions. Wanda admits "If you drink more, I get much better, yes, my powers intensify." Sure, that makes sense and my reading this morning suggested I needed to be more trusting. Read more ...

Hurricane Season Predictions. A story in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel tells us that Deborah Graham, a Boca Raton psychic consultant and tarot reader who was asked about the upcoming hurricane season in Florida, sees a Category 2 hitting Palm Beach County late in the season. Read more ...

Fake Psychics? Huh? Really? Now, according to the Durango Herald, if this has been a problem for you and your neighborhood personal injury lawyer hasn't been able to help, you can at least apparently do something about your experience regarding Durango Colorado psychics by reporting it on line at a Yahoo group. I suspect this might be useful for areas besides Durango. Hmmmm ... maybe I could put a tarot reader rating site together ... yeah ... well not today though ... I've got other things to take care of first ... but definitely something to think about. Read more ...

Beatles Reading: This article, "Four of a Kind: The Tarot of the Beatles", in Quest magazine from almost six years ago which was in turn apparently based on work for a Beatles special on KGSR-FM radio, Austin, Texas, on November 17, 1995, Kevin Hendryx gives the type of in depth reading that many of us can only hope to achieve. He writes:

"The card chosen for Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) is number 17 in the sequence of the major arcana: the Star. More than just a serendipitous pun, this card represents hope, trust, and optimism. Its positive aspects include bright prospects, opportunity, and satisfaction. Anchored in the sky and cosmos, it is the first card to complement and complete the gifts of the Magician ... Ringo typified the ability of common persons to rise above their origins and achieve greatness. The reversed meanings of the Star, on the other hand, aptly sum up the failings of Ringo’s solo career, as Beatle scholars will recognize."

Good stuff this. Read the piece ...

Psychic Studio Franchise (?): Sonja Todorovich, who has been doing readings since she was 14 years old, has opened a fourth Psychic Studio ... the most recent in Grand Forks ND. The news release for this opening looks very similar to the release for the opening of her Fargo and Morehead locations in June of last year ... well why shouldn't it? The Grand Forks Studio is at 1905 S. Washington St., Suite A ; the Fargo Studio at 1621 S. University Drive, Suite 204; the Morehead Studio at 104 16th St. South and Todorovich's original Studio is somewhat mysteriously described as being "on the border of Texas and Louisiana".

Fool as Tool: I'm living on the wrong coast because "Strange Travel Suggestions" at The Marsh in Berkeley as described in the The Daily Planet sounds fun.

Travel writer Jeff Greenwald, primed to be the raconteur of stories from his books, improvised on the spot in answer to Strange Travel Suggestions, climbs the stage at The Marsh-Berkeley, and begins to explain his props: a gameshow-like wheel, the rim covered with odd symbols ... and a huge Tarot card, featuring the romanticized image of The Fool from the Rider Pack, carrying a bindle on a stick and proceeding trippingly over a cliff while dandling a rose, as a little dog prances by his side. "The Fool’s dressed as if he’s going to Burning Man, wearing Dr. Seuss boots," Greenwald quips, and then states that the esoteric card is the perfect image of the traveler beginning the trip ... the little dog, who some see as warning The Fool, being to Greenwald that impulse we all have that says "take me along!"

I wanna go ... but I guess I'll have to be content with reading the article ...or maybe I'll buy the CD ... and I guess I can plan to catch some of the other nonsense at The Marsh on my next trip west.

Marita Liulia, Finnish artist, has taken the Tarot and made it into a vehicle for contemporary art through the use of digital technology. Now the Finnish artist will stage an exhibition featuring her work at the National Gallery, Bangkok February 9 - March 5, 2006.

Marita Liulia Tarot is apparently "a combination of high quality art and design multimedia, entertainment and on-line game. A land of high living and technological standards, Finland is a nation where media art enjoys wide popularity; where new works ranging from film to video to computer graphics are constantly being produced. The theme of this exhibition by Marita Liulia, a leading figure in Finnish media art, is the tarot. Using a combination of photography and computer graphics, she transforms the familiar images of the tarot cards into ingenious color prints to create a tarot world of the 21st century. The exhibition will also feature multimedia, interactive components consisting of films and an interactive tarot card site on the Internet."

Tarot itself is "a playful communication system based on 78 symbolic cards and their interpretations. The cards present the main events of human life from birth to death. The cards are organized into Tables, each dealing with a specific issue. Tarot is a gentle and humorous tool to understand oneself and others. And Marita Liulia has clearly "brought the 600-year-old Tarot game to the present, to our styles, our visual world and naturally to our communication systems." Before packing your bags and heading for Bangkok perhaps you might want to learn more ...